PORSON v. POJIDAEFF

Nos. 21265, 21266.

436 F.2d 293 (1970)

Jean-Claude PORSON, Appellant, v. Vladimir POJIDAEFF, Appellee. Alvaro F. GALVAN and Jean-Claude Porson, Appellants, v. Vladimir POJIDAEFF, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 13, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George P. Lamb, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Byron N. Scott, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants. Mr. Van A. Stilley, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellants.

Mr. Mark P. Friedlander, Washington, D. C., for appellee. Messrs. Mark P. Friedlander, Jr., Blaine P. Friedlander, Harry P. Friedlander, and Marshall H. Brooks, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for appellee.

Before TAMM, and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges, and NICHOLS, Judge, U. S. Court of Claims.


PER CURIAM:

These consolidated appeals grow out of complaints in libel filed in the District Court by appellee Pojidaeff against appellants Porson and Galvan. The consolidated cases were tried to a jury which returned verdicts against Porson in one case in the amount of one thousand dollars and against Porson and Galvan in a second case in the amount of four thousand dollars, both of which verdicts are appealed to us. A third verdict has not been appealed.

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